Spring Cleaning: A Student's Look Into The Cunningham Center's Renovation

Meredith Diamond '23 is a computer science major and Cunningham Center Assistant. Join her as she reminisces over her museum experience through the lens of the renovations.

As the Cunningham Center prepares for renovations this summer, my coworkers and I have been clearing shelves, cleaning closets, and ensuring everything is accounted for. In my excitement for the new and improved space we’ll have, I forgot the most important part: the collection is going into storage.

yellow background, Ingres nude at left with guerilla head lying on pink cloth, text across top and right: Do women have to be naked to / get into the Met. Museum? / Less than 5% of the artists in the Modern / Art Sections are women, but 85% / of the nudes are female. / Guerrilla Girls Box 1056 Cooper Sta. NY, NY 10276 / CONSCIENCE OF THE ART WORLD

Interactive Art: Engaging Children in Museums

In this blog post, recently graduated Smith student Kandy Wan ‘22, talks about her museum education capstone project (MUX) in which she playfully engages children with art through interactive digital activities.

"four panel screen with inlaid scene containing figures, bridge, and water"
Two images next to each other. On left, line of people facing front from a still of NAMA; On bottom, image of actor portraying Frederick Douglass walking in tall grass with a horse.

SCMA Member Film Screening and Discussion Featuring FX Harsono: NAMA and Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour

4:15–5:15
Smith College Museum of Art

In person event—Register here

Members are invited to join SCMA curators Yao Wu, Jane Chace Carroll Curator of Asian Art and Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford '83 Curator of Contemporary Art, to view and discuss two recent film installations. Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour and FX Harsono NAMA.

These two films are in conjunction with Smith College’s 2021–22 campus-wide initiative, “Year on Democracies,” and examine notions of democracy nationally and globally.

Two metal green elephant toys facing each other on a white background

Members Double Discount Days

onsite + online

This sale runs from June 9–12, 2022.

Show or enter your current SCMA Membership Card onsite or online to receive a 20% discount on ALL of your Museum Shop purchases.

Not a member? Join now to take advantage of the sale and support SCMA!
Not sure if you are a member? Email scmamembers@smith.edu

What Belongs in a Museum?

Meredith Diamond '23 is a computer science major and Cunningham Center Assistant. Join her as she talks about a surprising series in the SCMA Collection.

Maker(s): Kelley, Alton; Mouse, Stanley; The Bindweed Press, San Francisco, California (printer); Family Dog Productions, San Francisco, California (publisher) Culture: American (Mouse 1940 - ); American (Kelley 1940-2008) Title: Grateful Dead Date Made: 1966 Type: Poster Materials: offset lithograph printed in color on paper Place Made: United States; California; San Francisco Measurements: sheet: 20 in x 14 in; 50.8 cm x 35.56 cm; image: 18 in x 13 7/16 in; 45.72 cm x 34.13125 cm Narrative Inscription:

What Does It Mean for a Painting To Be "Mughal?"

In this blog post, Shreya Dwibedy ‘22, discusses questions raised by museum database categorization. During her year-long internship with SCMA’s Jane Chace Carroll Curator of Asian Art, Yao Wu, Shreya has been working on the planning of an upcoming Indian and Iranian painting exhibition.

"A portrait of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan reclining on his throne above a richly decorated carpet as he looks out over a landscape of rolling green hills"
Two women and a man sitting on an outdoor porch with one man and woman looking at an iPad

Jennifer Crandall: Whitman, Alabama

April 1–July 17, 2022
Jennifer Chang Crandall, Smith College’s Lakes Writer-in-Residence for spring 2022, is the creator of the 52-part film "Whitman, Alabama."
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